Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, That is the sky.
Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.
No one knows like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep.
Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light.
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.